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Close on the heels of the Kolcraft stroller recall several weeks ago comes another sobering notice. Peg Perego USA, Inc., is calling back 233,000 strollers because a child's head can become trapped between the seat and stroller tray, posing a strangulation hazard. This threat is especially severe for children under one year of age who are not...

Postpartum depression is devastating on so many levels. New mothers sometimes suffer emotionally, physically, and socially because of this condition. But a new study shows that even children can suffer when a mother has depression after the birth of a baby.A study recently published in the journal Pediatrics suggests that a child's height may be...

Babies can't tell time. Neither can most toddlers. So they don't know that, when their parents want to know why they wake up in the middle of the night or won't wake up during the day, it's outside of the usual hours of nine to five during which professional assistance exists, according to a new abstract."An iPhone Application for Infant and...

After a year of breastfeeding, I am experiencing nipple pain with breastfeeding like never before, and it's driving me crazy. I am going to a lactation consultant today (really, I am! I've been putting it off and making excuses) and have been searching the internet for what to do about pain with breastfeeding and nipple pain. The problem is, I...

Most parents want to give their babies the best, especially during mealtime. So there's a huge push these days to buy organic baby food: It's perceived as being healthier, safer, and even a kind of "good parent" status symbol. But current research is finding that the biggest difference between organic and conventional baby food is a hefty price...

SUMMARY: Parents of infants can decrease offspring's risk of obesity by practicing good feeding habits — especially at bedtime. New research sheds light on ways parents can help prevent weight problems in their children, starting in infancy. While the study, published in Pediatric Obesity, found bottle-fed babies faced more than...

SUMMARY: Mom who struggled with infertility for nine years gives birth to quadruplets after a single IVF cycle. Four baby girls made medical history in England recently when they became the first quads to come from a single embryo. The tiny tots were born on March 25 at Jessops Hospital in Sheffield. They are now in the Special Care ...

Sarah Tucker is a wedding designer and planner out of the gulf coast of Florida. She writes about life, style, and travel on her blog, Fairy Tales Are True. She's a new mom to Tuck, who was born this January.I'm still scratching my head over the fact that I'm a boy mama.When I found out our little Tuck was a boy, with a man part, I was...

Ellie Stoneley is a writer and marketeer who became a mother against all the odds for the first time when she was 47. She wrote a blog about her pregnancy and the experience of birth and the ongoing joy and adventure of motherhood. Ellie has spoken in the press on being an older mother and has appeared on numerous radio broadcasts...

Think binkies are to blame for reduced breastfeeding? Think again. A new study has found that pacifiers don't cause new moms to cut back on breastfeeding, despite worries that too much plugging up might do just that.Experts have long suggested that binky use can hurt the establishment of breastfeeding and cut its duration short since a baby enjoys ...

Is your little one a spit-upper? You're not the only new mama doing laundry all the time. More than 60 percent of babies spit up occasionally and some have reflux with every feeding. All that spitting up gets parents worried that there must be something serious going on — which is why the topic comes up so often during well-baby checkups, and why...

Like many women, I was committed to following the American Academy of Pediatrics' guidelines while nursing my baby. It instructs you to nurse exclusively for six months (and for one year or longer with supplemental foods) and to avoid binkies. All the nursing experts that I talked to said the same thing: Binkies, or pacifiers as most people call...

When Lindsey Hurford of Alliance, Ohio, began feeling contractions at only 24 weeks pregnant, she was understandably concerned. Her doctor initially told her that it was just normal Braxton Hicks. But when Lindsey's labor began in earnest, she feared the worst. Doctors at a nearby hospital couldn't stop her labor. Lindsey was told that once her...

Organic baby formula is the best choice when you're formula feeding your baby, right? Well, you just never know. It may sound like a great natural alternative to breast milk, but have you looked at all angles?I was unable to breastfeed my daughter and found the whole baby formula adventure quite overwhelming. There are so many formulas to choose...

According to People magazine, a family has decided to name their newborn baby girl "Hashtag." #Horrendous #Seriously? As far as out there baby names go, this one takes the #cake.The Jameson family reportedly posted the happy news of their little girl's arrival via Facebook and now their baby name choice has gone viral. Although People admitted the ...

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